Daily Voting News For September 19, 2006
Today is primary day in Washington and Massachusetts. / The Sebastian Co. Arkansas clerk will be telling the SoS that ES iVotronic voting machines are NOT accessible. / Boulder Co. Colorado expects to have long lines in Nov. due in large
part to the size of their ballot which for absentee voters will be up to 4 11x17 inch pages. The time to vote a ballot
this size on touch screen voting machines will cause a huge back-up and send many people home without voting. ...
National: Federal Voter ID bill To Be Debated On The House Floor Tomorrow LINK
National: Blog - A Plan to Fix Our Broken Elections LINK
National: Worst Machine Ever? LINK
National: Voting Early and Often LINK
National: Tragic similarities between bar games and voting LINK
National: Michael Winship: Still a Few Bugs in the System LINK
National: The Let America Vote Act. LINK
National: Computerworld Blogger Responds to Diebold's Princeton Report Obfuscation LINK
Arkansas: Sebastian County - Clerk: Voting Machines Not Accessible LINK
Colorado: Voting machine foes cite Net hacker threat LINK
Colorado: Boulder County - Election workers expect long lines LINK
Connecticut: South Windsor approves new voting machines LINK
Massachusetts: Early voting smooth; US observers monitor some polling places LINK
Massachusetts: Asian group lodges voting complaint LINK
Maryland: Voters point out election problems LINK
Maryland: Officials look to fix blame for vote mess LINK
Maryland: Don't point fingers; prepare for next election LINK
Maryland: Baltimore - Provisional ballots getting close attention LINK
Maryland: Montgomery County - Elections officials in 'blame game' LINK
Maryland: Prince George's County - Elections Board to count contents of 26 voting machines Wednesday LINK
Michigan: Dickson County - Clerk in conflict of interest LINK
New Mexico: Outside auditor proposed to canvass November election returns LINK
New York: Voting machine details hidden. State tells counties to decide which devices they want before certification
process is finished LINK
New York: State: Buy now and take your chances LINK
New York: Casting a wary eye at new voting machines LINK
Tennessee: Sullivan County panel OKs funds for additional voting machines LINK
Virginia: Call us chad. Problems in the primary in Maryland don't bode well for November's election LINK
Washington: Machine voting still an option. A voting activist is encouraging people to use one of the four electronic
machines set up primarily to help the disabled cast their ballots. LINK
Wisconsin: Primary Election Plagued By Computer Problems LINK
Wisconsin: Election chief scolded over inflated turnout. Edman says she knew of problem that led to recount, not of its
scope LINK
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